BB code is a set of tags based on the HTML language that you may already be familiar with.
They allow you to add formatting to your messages in the same way as HTML does,
but have a simpler syntax and will never break the layout of the pages you are viewing.
The ability to use BB code is set on a forum-by-forum basis by the administrator,
so you should check the forum rules when you post a new message.

Below is a list of the BB code tags you can use to format your messages.

The [list] tag allows you to create simple, bulleted lists without specifying an option. Within the value portion, each bullet is denoted by the [*] tag.

Usage

[list]value[/list]

Example Usage

[list][*]list item 1[*]list item 2[/list]

Example Output

list item 1

list item 2

Advanced Lists

The [list] tag allows you to create advanced lists by specifying an option. The option should have a value of 1 (for a numbered list) or A (for an alphabetic with capital letters list) or a (for an alphabetic with lowercase letters list) or I (for a numbered with capital Roman numeral list) or i (for a numbered with small Roman numeral list).

Usage

[list=Option]value[/list]

Example Usage

[list=1][*]list item 1[*]list item 2[/list]

[list=a][*]list item 1[*]list item 2[/list]

Example Output

list item 1

list item 2

list item 1

list item 2

Images

The [img] tag allows you to embed images within your posts. You can also combine this tag with the [url] tag to make images become links.

The [attach] tag allows you to display an attachment in your post rather than at the bottom. It will only display attachments that belong to the post in which it is utilized.

Usage

[attach]attachmentid[/attach]

Example Usage

[attach]12345[/attach]

Example Output

Bold

The [b] tag allows you to write text bold

Usage

[b]value[/b]

Example Usage

[b]Bold[/b]

Example Output

Bold

Big Bold

On the off chance you need 18-pixel bold font, this provides it swiftly.

Usage

[bb]value[/bb]

Example Usage

[bb]hay guys whats goin on in this forum 8-)[/bb]

Example Output

hay guys whats goin on in this forum 8-)

Rainbow Blinkies

Fool's Gold's very own rendition of the Rainbow Blinkies phenomenon. Unfortunately it only really works properly in Firefox.

Usage

[blinkies]value[/blinkies]

Example Usage

[blinkies]LOL FIRED[/blinkies]

Example Output

LOL FIRED

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Rainbow Blinkies Pyramid

Rainbow Blinkies Pyramid

Usage

[blinkpyramid]value[/blinkpyramid]

Example Usage

[blinkpyramid]LOL FIRED[/blinkpyramid]

Example Output

LOL FIRED

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Center

hay thear

Usage

[center]value[/center]

Example Usage

[center]riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.[/center]

Example Output

riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.

Class

Used for applying existing css class definitions to a given selection of text. Probably pointless unless you want to imitate another user's post formatting. For a list of class options you'll have to look at the css source, and it's worth noting that class definitions vary in appearance from style to style, so what may be legible on one style set may be completely illegible on another (although, if memory serves, this usually only holds true for the tcat, thead and tfoot classes, as well as for shoy on light style sets). Note also that some classes aren't defined at all in some style sets; anything relating to individual users' custom font formatting or group colouring simply does not exist in the technicolour nightmare, The Matrix, Mobile, and Plain and Simple style sets.

The [color] tag allows you to specify the font colour. It's spelt without the u because Jelsoft (and, for that matter, the people who created html) don't speak the Queen's English.

Usage

[color=Option]value[/color]

Example Usage

[color=red]Red![/color]

Example Output

Red!

CSS Size

Used to size your text to a certain pixel size thanks to the wonders of Cascading Style Sheets. Note that this is larger than the corresponding point size most frequently used by other applications; for reference, most style sets use 13-pixel font by default, although the current forum default uses 14-pixel font.

Usage

[csize=Option]value[/csize]

Example Usage

[csize=11]I like eleven-px font[/csize]

Example Output

I like eleven-px font

Font Face

You can change the font of your text.

Usage

[font=Option]value[/font]

Example Usage

[font=courier]Test[/font]

Example Output

Test

Forum

Used to link to a specific forum on FG. Use the forumid (found at the end of the forum URL) to specify which forum.

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Hidden

Hides text by making background and foreground the same colour. Pretty much never used since JavaScript spoiler tags were introduced, but this is what all spoilers here used to look like.

Usage

[hidden]value[/hidden]

Example Usage

[hidden]spoiler plz[/hidden]

Example Output

spoiler plz

Hidden

hides text by making background and foreground the same colour of your choice

Usage

[hidden=Option]value[/hidden]

Example Usage

[hidden=black]spoiler plz[/hidden]

Example Output

spoiler plz

Highlight

Used to change the background colour of yer text. =P

Usage

[highlight=Option]value[/highlight]

Example Usage

[highlight=red]blarg[/highlight]

Example Output

blarg

Italics

The [i] tag allows you to write text in italics

Usage

[i]value[/i]

Example Usage

[i]Italics[/i]

Example Output

Italics

Justify

Exactly what it says on the tin.

Usage

[justify]value[/justify]

Example Usage

[justify]"Ook," said the Librarian. While, strictly, no one in the room spoke orang-utang, somehow everyone got the instinctive impression that what he meant was he wanted a banana.[/justify]

Example Output

"Ook," said the Librarian. While, strictly, no one in the room spoke orang-utang, somehow everyone got the instinctive impression that what he meant was he wanted a banana.

Local Link

In some cases you may want to link to specific locations on the forum itself. This enables you to do so without having to type out the whole URL. Mostly this was used by the quote function to link to the post being quoted back before the quote tag allowed the specification of two options; now it's pretty much never used.

Used to mark off-topic ("out of context") discussion. Coloured version originally created for people who used coloured text. Pretty much pointless now that tables inherit text colours from their parent elements in every browser worth a damn, but left in the database so old posts will render correctly.

Usage

[ooc=Option]value[/ooc]

Example Usage

[ooc=38bcee]Aaron's favourite tag?[/ooc]

Example Output

OOC:

Aaron's favourite tag?

Paragraph

paragraph code for use when posting from mobile devices that don't allow for input of line breaks

Usage

[p]value[/p]

Example Usage

sup[p]paragraph[/p]breaks

Example Output

sup

paragraph

breaks

Right

lolgetit

Usage

[right]value[/right]

Example Usage

[right]hay guise im republican[/right]

Example Output

hay guise im republican

Strikethrough

Use for struckthrough text.

Usage

[s]value[/s]

Example Usage

[s]I'm struckthrough[/s]

Example Output

I'm struckthrough

Small Bold

Shorthand code used to make things small and bold. Exact appearance varies depending on style set used.

Usage

[sb]value[/sb]

Example Usage

[sb]Lalala[/sb]

Example Output

Lalala

sb

Same as above, with the custom option specifying the colour of the text.

Use this tag to blank out text that reveals secrets that people who haven't played a game, read a book, or experienced some other work of fiction won't want to know ahead of time. Clicking the link will expand the spoiler text, unless your browser sucks, in which case there are a number of better browsers you could be using.